American CivilizationInstitute for the Study of the Americas, 2007 - 105 páginas This thought-provoking book demonstrates that, far from being a unique entity, the United States is the most American of nations. It shares with its neighbors to the south an aspiration for equal opportunities and freedoms in a society both defined and divided by race. As Charles A. Jones points out, the United States is distinguished from its neighbors chiefly by the greater material capabilities it has been able to apply to this historic task. Although it is sometimes regarded as Western, Jones points out the extremes to which the United States differs from Western Europe: from distinctive levels and styles of religiosity to public violence to respect for law to concern with material accumulation. These traits, far from constituting a claim to exceptionality, bind the U.S. firmly to the rest of the American hemisphere. In fact, Jones argues, it was separated only by the strange accident of historiography that created a Latin America little more than a century ago. He projects that these perceived differences between the United States and its southern neighbors will fade in the near future, and looks forward to a truly inclusive America. |
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... British state , where the historic compromise of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 had left the monarchy with less than absolute power . When the British hand became heavier and imperial impositions became intolerable , after the Seven ...
... British migrants to North America coupled with the proximity of the Spanish threat in the Caribbean and Florida and the French in Louisiana and Canada led to an even greater fear of popery in the American colonies . These longstanding ...
... British could be forgiven for passing up Texas and the Pacific coast , and allowing their empire to tilt finally and decisively to the East in the middle decades of the nine- teenth century . The leading concerns of the British state ...